some experimental thoughts...
Hmm, the mouse manager of the shell 'gpm'
can handle multiple mice simultanousely.
I wonder if there is a way to "trick" X11
so that it does use the gpm provided API
and therefore allowing multiple mice to be merged.
If not then this sort of merging should
be doable by creating a "on demand" mouse
layer between the devices and X11.
X11 can deal with multiple mice, but this
is normally tought to be used for multiple
heads, meaning you do have one mouse and
one keyboard per display.
-Alex.
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> Subject: [Xpert]change input device on the fly?
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> Is it possible to change an input device "on the fly", or after X has
> started? I have a laptop with a built-in ps2 mouse, but I also have a
> USB optical mouse that I like to use. Currently, I have to
> shutdown X,
> edit the XF86Config, then restart to use the other mouse. Is there a
> better way to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> john - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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